Clean-out device



Oct. 8, 1929.

y E. MOCONNELL CLEAN-OUT DEVICE Filed June 21, 1927 anvemto'a Patented Dot. 8, 1929 HERBERT Mo'CONNELL, or Bayonne NEW JERSEY, Assrenor. 'ro A ERIc NRADI- ATQR COMPANY, or NEW YORK, n. Y., A con rona'rron on NEW JERSEY CLEAN-OUT DEVICE Application filed. June 21,

My invention relates to new and useful improvements 1n clean-out devlces, and more particularly toa device whereby metal bore ings, core sand, and other foreign matter device which is of simple construction and which is efiicient in operation. I v

While the invention has wide application in the cleaning of hollow bodies, it will be found particularlyuseful in the cleaning of hollow cast bodies such as radiators. It is well known that foreign matter such as metal borings, cutting oil, core sand, and the like, which may remain within a radiator casting, and if not removed, will clog the valves, traps and heating systems in general in which the radiator is installed. Heretofore it has been. necessary inmany instances to take down the system after a period of use in order to clean out the foreign matter from the working'parts of the valves, traps, etc. By my invention 1 radiators may be properly and efficiently cleaned out before installation in. a system, and the objectionable and expensive taking down of the system thereby obviated.

The invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, to be more full described hereinafter, and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed. I r a In the accompanying drawings, I have fully and clearly illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, to be taken, as a part of this specification, and wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view,

' showin 'm novel device a lied to a radia-' tor; 1

i Fig. 2 is an end view of my device looking from the right toward the left of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in section on line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a detail of the baflle as it would appear if flattened out..

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 1 designates generally a hollow body, for example, a radiator, which has been formed by casting and then machined. The

' ed, as shown, and the sections arejoined and 1927. Serial No. 200,316.

radiator which I have shown in order to illustrate the invention, is built up of three sections, 2, 3, 4, but the number of sections is immaterial so far as my invention is concerned, as the radiator may be of anynumber of sections. Each section has oppositelydisposed openings 5, 6 at its base 7, andanother pair of oppositely disposed openings 8, 9 atits top 10. These openings are internally threadsealed together at top and bottom by reversely threaded hollow tapered nipples 11. The end opening 8 at the top of section 2 and the opening 9 at the top of section 4, are each closed and sealed by a threaded'plug- 12. The base or bottom openings 5 and 6, respectively, in sections 2 and .4 serve as. inlet and outlet, it being immaterial which outside base opening is chosen as inlet or outlet. In the drawings I have shown the opening 5 as the inlet open ing, and into this opening is inserted an inlet fitting 13 having a nozzle 14 surrounded by a resilient packing member 15, adapted to seal the opening -5 against egress of waterfrom the interior of the radiator or hollow body around thenozzle 14. The nozzle 14 is fed with Water under pressure by a. conduit 16. In the fitting 13 is control valve 17 of any suitable or desirable type, such, for example, asa gate valve. 4 I

I will now proceed to describe a novel washout device 18 whereby a cleansing stream of Water admitted through the fitting 13 will be caused to be deflected into contact with foreign matter in the hollow body to agi' tatethe foreign matter so as to be lifted or thrown into the fluid stream and be carried out of the outlet orifice 6 in the section4. The wash-out device is shown in Fig.1 as being inserted in said outlet opening 6. The wash-out device comprises a hollow cylindrical plug or nipple 19 having a through outlet passage 19 andexternal threads 20 which are adapted to engage the internal threads of the outlet opening 6 -to position said device in said opening This plug or into and across the interior chamber of the section 4. In the preferred form the baffle is substantially that of a segment of a hollow cylinder in cross-section (Fig. 3) and the longitudinal elements of which are straight lines, and if detached from the nipple and fiat would have substantially the form shown in Fig. 4, which in general outline is that of a sector of a circle. The apex 22 of the sector forms a projecting lip extending partially across the passage 19, and the circumference or arc 23 of the sector is sealed to the circumferential or annular end wall of the nipple, so that the bafile makes" an angle of substantially forty-five degrees with the longitudinal axis of the nipple. The top of the nippleis designated, as at 24, preferably by a notch or slot, so that the battle will be properly positioned andha've apex 22 pointing downward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Upon'referenceto Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the 211-023 is of such length and' the baffle extends downward such distance that the bafiie obstructs only a portion of the crosssectional area of the passage 19 and the lip 22 projects over the portion of said passage which is not obstructed by the main body of the baflie. It will also be seen that in side elevation the bafile is substantially triangular. The baflle overlies or intercepts the passage through the nipple, so as to deflect flow from .said passage in a manner to be presently described. V j

The radiator having been assembled and the fitting 18 and nipple 19 having been applied thereto, as shown in Fig. l, the operation is as follows Water under pressure in conduit 16 1s admitted through the nozzle 14 into the hollow body or radiator by opening valve 17. -The stream of water passing through the base of the radiator impinges upon the upper inclined face of baffle 21 and is deflected laterally, and following'the contour of the upper face of the baffle is turned downwardly into the pocket at thebase of section 4, in which pocket foreign matter may be trapped or collected during 7 hydraulic testing of the radiator, orby the stream from nozzle 14 washing down the surfaces it contacts and moving such matter tocess to the outlet passage.

ward the outlet. The deflection of the stream in the manner stated is accomplished by the baffle causing the stream being-turned later ally, due to the formation of the battle, and seeking to follow the contour of the adjacent inner wall of the radiator before finding ac- This flow serves to agitate or lift any foreign matter out of the pocket in the end section 4 and elevate such matter into the. path of thestream flowing to so that by I, permitting the stream to flow for a sufficient and through the outlet opening,

length of time substantially all foreign matter will be cleaned'out of the radiator and said pocket. The water is deflected downwardly by the baffle into the pocket, because the stream being divided and caused to flow laterally, will strike the adj acentside walls of the radiator section and will then have to flow down before it can find access to the outlet. It will be understood that for best results the water stream should be under sufficient pressure so that it'will be deflected laterally with sufficient force to strike the walls of the sec tion and be guided thereby with sufficient force into the pocket at the baseof the radiator,"so as to agitate the foreign matter to lift it to a point where it can be caught and removed'by the stream flowing out through the passage in nipple 19. It Will be understood that some of the stream from the nozzle 14 passes directly, beneath the inner edgeof the baffle and is not deflected, and that. this por tion of the stream catches the foreign matter when agitated and removes the same through the passage in the element 18, so that both the 1. A wash-out nipple comprising a plug it having a passage therethrough, and a baflie on said plug and extending partially around and overlying and obstructing a portion of the cross-sectional area of said passage, said baflie forming an acute angle with the axis of said plug and having a lip extending from said bafiie over the unobstructed area of said passage.

2. A wash-out nipple comprising a cylindrical plug adapted to be inserted in an outlet opening in a hollow member, a passage through said plug, and a baflle on an end of said plug and about said passage and adapted to project into the hollow body, said baffle being substantially in the form of a segment of a hollow cylinder and being substantially triangulargin. side elevation and having straight-line elements. Y i

3. A means for washing foreign matter from the interior of a hollow body, comprising control means for conveying a fluid stream under pressure and adapted for insertion into an opening in said hollow body, and a hollow plug adapted for insertion in a second open 111g in said hollow body, said plug having" means to deflect a fluid stream from direct passage through said hollow plug.

.4. A device for removing foreign matter from the interior of a hollow body which has an inlet and an outlet, which comprises fluid inlet means sealed in said inlet,said inlet meanshaving fluid flow control means, and means in said outlet to cause a portion of the fluidto circulate in said body and cause said;

fluid to sweep the bottom interior of said body in passing toward said outlet.

5. A wash-out nipple comprising a cylindrical plug of annular cross-section, and a baflle substantially in the form of a segment of a hollow cylinder, said battle being developed from a plate substantially in the form of a sector of a circle, said bafiie being secured along its arc to one end of said plug adjacent its circumference whereby said baflle is substantially triangular in side elevation.

6. A wash-out nipple comprising a cylindrical plug of annular cross-section, a baflie substantially in the form of a segment of a hollow cylinder, said battle being developed from a plate substantially in the form of a sector of a circle, said bafile being secured along its arc to one end of said plug adjacent its circumference whereby said bafile is substantially triangular in side elevation, and a lip projecting from said battle at the apex of the sector. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HERBERT E. MOCONNELL. 

